Rig Veda 8.77.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.77

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

निराविध्यद्गिरिभ्य आ धारयत्पक्वमोदनम् । इन्द्रो बुन्दं स्वाततम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.77.6

Transliteration

nír ā́vidhyad girí-bhya ā́ dhā́rayat pakvám odanám | índro bundáṃ su-ā́tatam ||

Translation

Indra wywiercił to z gór i wydobył ugotowany pokarm; zdobył dobrze uformowany zapas, rozpostarty w pełni, dla podtrzymania istoty.

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Word by Word

• निर्: out, forth (as preverb)
• निर्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस् (उपसर्ग) → निः/निर्

• आ: towards, unto (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) → आ

• अविध्यत्: he pierced/struck
• अविध्यत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्यध् (विध्) ‘to pierce, strike’

• गिरिभ्यः: from the mountains
• गिरिभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि-

• आ: unto, towards (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) → आ

• अधारयत्: he held/placed
• अधारयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ ‘to hold, support, place’

• पक्वम्: cooked, ripe
• पक्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्व- (ppp of √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’)

• ओदनम्: cooked rice, food (gruel)
• ओदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन-

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-

• बुन्दम्: a drop/mass; (here) a lump/cluster (of food/wealth)
• बुन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुन्द-

• स्वाततम्: well-spread, well-extended (abundantly laid out)
• स्वाततम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व-आ-तत- (ppp of √तन् ‘to stretch/spread’ with आ-; lexicalized) अथवा स्वातत-